2016
Lung Cancer in the Very Young: Treatment and Survival in the National Cancer Data Base
Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Lung Cancer in the Very Young: Treatment and Survival in the National Cancer Data Base. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 1121-1131. PMID: 27103511, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.03.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerNational Cancer Data BaseYounger patientsOlder patientsLung cancerRelative survivalStage IAdvanced stage non-small cell lung cancerCell lung cancerYears of ageAggressive therapyAggressive treatmentOverall survivalPatient demographicsPrimary outcomeTreatment patternsTumor characteristicsNSCLC casesPatientsStage IIIDetailed stagingSurvival informationOlder groupDistinct subsetsCancer
2014
Thymic carcinoma outcomes and prognosis: Results of an international analysis
Ahmad U, Yao X, Detterbeck F, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Filosso PL, Ruffini E, Travis W, Jones DR, Zhan Y, Lucchi M, Rimner A. Thymic carcinoma outcomes and prognosis: Results of an international analysis. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2014, 149: 95-101.e2. PMID: 25524678, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.09.124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingPractice Patterns, Physicians'Proportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSex FactorsThymectomyThymomaThyroid NeoplasmsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsRecurrence-free survivalEarly Masaoka stageR0 resectionOverall survivalRadiation therapyMasaoka stageThymic carcinomaMale genderLonger recurrence-free survivalMedian overall survivalStage IV diseaseAdjuvant radiation therapyMasaoka stage IPreoperative radiation therapyPrimary outcome measureSquamous cell carcinomaPredominant histologic subtypeAdjuvant chemotherapyImproved OSInduction chemotherapyProlonged OSCumulative incidenceHistologic subtypeMultivariable analysisTreatment patterns